Centre heals the scars of torture

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June 26, 2004, 11:45

Seven years to the day after the United Nations Convention against Torture came into force, the international body says the practice “remains a serious problem”.

The UN is using this year’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture to urge governments to commit to a world without torture.
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The human rights group, Amnesty International, estimates that torture occurs in more than 100 countries every year.

Some of the victims eventually find their way to the door of the Bern-based Outpatient Clinic for Victims of Torture and War.
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